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- 08 Nov 2018, 21:39
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
- Replies: 8275
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Re: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
I've been rereading the mystery series, am currently reading the mystery of the vanishing prince
- 13 Oct 2017, 11:57
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Daft things you believed as a child
- Replies: 89
- Views: 3577
Re: Daft things you believed as a child
Spent many a happy day in stourpourt:-) im in Worcester so it's just up the road
- 06 Oct 2017, 21:32
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
- Replies: 8275
- Views: 552681
Re: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
I'm telling lies I actually read ring o bells and then riloby fair..rubadub is next (I think!!!) Have them in a pile on my bookcase in story order!
- 06 Oct 2017, 21:30
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Did Enid plan to end the Five series as she did?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2516
Re: Did Enid plan to end the Five series as she did?
Revisiting a rather old topic here! I've just finished reading the ff series and came to the conclusion that five are together again is disappointing....it was published in 1963 and I was wondering if her illness was becoming apparent and this is the reason that, for me at least, it was one of the m...
- 06 Oct 2017, 20:56
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
- Replies: 8275
- Views: 552681
Re: What Enid Blyton book are you reading right NOW!
Have just read the rockingdown and riloby fair mysterys and rubadub (I think!) Is next
- 04 Oct 2017, 20:37
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Daft things you believed as a child
- Replies: 89
- Views: 3577
Re: Daft things you believed as a child
That police 'panda' cars were all fiat pandas.
(I never believed this for 38 years until last week when I found out it was to do with the old colours....honest!!!)
(I never believed this for 38 years until last week when I found out it was to do with the old colours....honest!!!)
- 04 Oct 2017, 20:34
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Last Song You Listened To
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Re: Last Song You Listened To
Tom Petty's free fallin'
Loved him and the travelling Wilburys also.
Rip Tom!
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Loved him and the travelling Wilburys also.
Rip Tom!
https://youtu.be/1lWJXDG2i0A" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- 12 Sep 2017, 20:42
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: The Valley of Adventure
- Replies: 417
- Views: 11266
Re: The Valley of Adventure
The valley of adventure is my favourite Enid blyton book. Beautiful location, intriguing storyline..full of adventure. .. On a tangent I have been taking my daughter swimming since she was 8 weeks old and she has now had over 100 swimming lessons at the age of 2.5 and can get herself 5 metres on her...
- 09 Sep 2017, 21:52
- Forum: For Sale
- Topic: The Secret Mountain with dw
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3052
Re: The Secret Mountain with dw
I read the secret mountain for the first time ever just a few months ago and loved it..as a child I had read the secret island, the secret of spiggy holes and the secret of moon castle but not this one nor the secret of killimooin, so to get this as my first first edition is quite exciting:-) it mig...
- 09 Sep 2017, 20:48
- Forum: For Sale
- Topic: The Secret Mountain with dw
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3052
Re: The Secret Mountain with dw
I've bought it...it will be my first first edition...will let you know how I get on with the label..going to consult my friend who works for our historic environment record office for advice
- 09 Sep 2017, 20:40
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Health certificates
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2578
Re: Health certificates
I had scarlett fever aged 25 in 2005! Treatable now but nasty still. Notifiable too. I can't even begin to imagine how awful it must have been to get this as a child with no real treatment available
- 13 Jul 2017, 20:55
- Forum: General Natter
- Topic: Last Song You Listened To
- Replies: 7386
- Views: 419047
Re: Last Song You Listened To
Hozier. To the church Despite it being my sort of era I don't much like the latest hits. I'm 37 going on 67 in my music tastes I think! I played in a brass band for all my high school years and then in the local brass band so love the old brass band classics too (most people think I'm a bit weird fo...
- 06 Jul 2017, 20:18
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
- Replies: 6221
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
They came today!! A few I've never read but had known about and a few more of never even heard of...will be checking the cafe but these are The queer adventure The treasure hunters The put an rights The adventure of the secret necklace My 2 favourites in the bundle are 2 hardback barney mysteries pu...
- 03 Jul 2017, 21:25
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
- Replies: 6221
- Views: 355730
Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
Merged with an existing thread. As well as bidding on some rarer books I've just bought a job lot of 63 Enid blyton books (to put away for my 2 year old obviously, nothing at all to do with me wanting them.. I blame this forum for this Can't wait to get them...its a cheap bundle of various conditio...
- 03 Jul 2017, 20:51
- Forum: The Books
- Topic: Where do you think Baronia is?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3357
Re: Where do you think Baronia is?
As a child I was obsessed with finding out pictures of Mallory towers (mid 80s so no internet to Google!) The real place slight obsession has never left me:'l